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- SOU economist’s research paper stresses importance of family support for trans youthJuly 24, 2024 - 1:18 pm
- SOU’s Cascade complex to host variety of first responder training exercisesJuly 24, 2024 - 1:07 pm
- SOU Digital Cinema named as a top film schoolJuly 17, 2024 - 9:12 am
- SOU receives grant for archaeological project at African-American logging town of MaxvilleJuly 10, 2024 - 4:50 pm
- SOU offers smoke-free haven at rec centerJuly 9, 2024 - 2:07 pm
- SOU Digital Media Center moves to energy-efficient studio lightingJune 26, 2024 - 11:34 am
- SOU Commencement: good weather and optimismJune 18, 2024 - 12:12 pm
- Cultivating community: The Farm at SOUJune 11, 2024 - 9:36 am
- President Bailey leads SOU contingent to American SamoaJune 7, 2024 - 8:10 am
- First cohort to graduate in SOU’s accelerated MBA programJune 6, 2024 - 9:27 am
- Inaugural SOU Business Venture Tournament: innovative ideas across disciplinesJune 4, 2024 - 12:11 pm
- La futura graduada va más allá de las expectativas de estudiantes de primera generaciónJune 3, 2024 - 2:42 pm
Four receive SOU alumni awards for work and service
/in Alumni, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — A graphic novelist, television producer and retired corporate CEO; a geriatric nurse practitioner, designer of retirement housing and nursing school founder; a retired credit union CEO and financial literacy proponent; and a partner in a Portland distillery and youngest master distiller in the U.S. have been recognized as this year’s Southern Oregon […]
Recent SOU business grad earns tourism award
/in Academics, AlumniNicole Waehner, who earned her bachelor’s degree in business with a concentration in tourism management last June from Southern Oregon University, was awarded the Rising Star Award at this month’s Oregon Governor’s Conference on Tourism in Portland. The Rising Star Award recognizes an individual who is new to the tourism industry within the past five […]
SOU alumnus and Foundation Board member inducted into inventors’ academy
/in Alumni, RecognitionsDaniel A. Henderson, a 1984 graduate of Southern Oregon University and emeritus member of the SOU Foundation Board of Trustees, is among 169 innovators worldwide who have been inducted in this year’s class of fellows in the National Academy of Inventors. Henderson is best known for his patented invention of wireless picture and video messaging […]
Guanajuato students visit SOU for collaborative business development project
/in Academics, Alumni, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University is hosting nine business students this week from Universidad de Guanajuato, and will send nine SOU students to the Mexican university next month as the two longtime sister campuses launch a new collaboration on multicultural business development as part of a far-reaching program under the U.S. Department of State’s […]
SOU alumni working as Court Appointed Special Advocates
/in AlumniSeveral SOU alumni are volunteering this year as Court Appointed Special Advocates – a national organization that provides volunteer support and aid for children that have experienced abuse or neglect, and are struggling within the court system. The Jackson County division of CASA has welcomed many past and present SOU students as volunteers in recent […]
SOU employee and retired state Supreme Court justice appointed to university board
/in Alumni, Leadership, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Retired Oregon Supreme Court Justice Virginia Linder and Katherine Cable, a registration systems analyst at Southern Oregon University, have been appointed by Gov. Kate Brown and confirmed today by the Oregon Senate to serve on the university’s Board of Trustees. Both will begin their service to the board in July. Linder will serve […]
Recent SOU computer science grad protecting clients against drone attacks
/in Alumni, Press ReleasesIt all sounds very cloak-and-dagger, but Austin Shadel sees it more as an extension of his longstanding interest in drones and robotics, and his academic focus on computer science over the past five years at Southern Oregon University. Shadel graduated in June and went to work as a software engineer at Citadel Defense Company – […]
SOU Distinguished Alumni Award recipients to be recognized
/in Alumni, Press Releases, RecognitionsAn entrepreneur and former Zappos executive, a chemist working toward a cure for Duchene muscular dystrophy, a conservation and youth program leader, and the architect of an award-winning band program will be honored Thursday during a Homecoming Weekend luncheon to recognize Southern Oregon University’s annual Distinguished Alumni Award winners. Fred Mossler, who earned his bachelor’s […]
Lattin-Crocker: Three generations of Raiders
/in AlumniThe Lattin-Crocker clan has a strong connection with Southern Oregon University and a long legacy of school engagement. The tradition began in the 1960s with Frances (1964 graduate) and Bruce Lattin (1967), and Dawn (1969) and Paul Lattin (1970). Their time at the university was marked with great joy, camaraderie and personal growth. Paul Lattin […]
SOU alumnus and former McNair Scholar to headline 2021 Commencement
/in Alumni, Press Releases(Ashland, Ore.) — Erim Gómez was a McNair Scholar and first-generation college graduate at SOU, a co-director of what is now the SOU Environmental Resource Center and an active member of the SOU Alumni Association Board of Directors. On June 12, the newly minted Ph.D. and assistant professor at the University of Montana will also […]